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Meaning of ILL-BRED

Pronunciation:  il bred

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
 
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 Synonyms: bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, unrefined, yokelish
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ill"-bred`\, a.
Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See
Note under {Ill}, adv.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, boorish, brutal, brutish, caddish, coarse, crude, Gothic, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, loutish, louty, nasty, Neanderthal, noncivilized, offensive, outlandish, primitive, rough-and-ready, savage, tactless, troglodytic, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly, unkempt, unladylike, unlicked, unpolished, unrefined, unsolicitous, untamed, vulgar, wild
 

 

 

 

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